Princess Protection Program is a Disney Channel original movie starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. When a tiny country is invaded by a dictator, a young Princess, Rosalinda (Demi Lovato), is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Louisiana where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. In the process of adapting to her new life, Rosie gives her new friend and roommate, Carter (Selena Gomez), a few lessons in how to act with royal aplomb.Tropes present in this movie:

Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch: Near the end, Chelsea's Girl Posse, including her second-in-command, Brooke, decide they've had it with Chelsea's bad attitude and hang out with Carter and Rosie.

Banana Republic: General Kane's dominion of Costa Estrella, into which he hopes to absorb the Kingdom of Costa Luna.

Bilingual Bonus: There are no subtitles for Rosie's conversation with the French teacher. Of course, she uses relatively simple French, such that anyone who's taken French lessons but isn't fluent should be able to understand, or even anyone who's taken a similar language.

Book On The Head: Rosie want to prove to Carter that being royalty isnít just showing off. Carter learns how to act with royal appearance, including walking with a book. When she state she just canít believe princesses are compelled to do this, Rosie burst into laughter and admits she actually never had to do so; she was just pulling Carterís leg.

Chekhov's Gunman: Mr. Elegante, who is introduced early in the movie as Rosalinda's royal dress maker. Carter later contacts him because she needs his help with her plan to prevent General Kane from capturing Rosie.

Did You Think I Can't Feel?: Not until Carter arrives to the dance in a beautiful dress does Donny finally notice her, when she was practically invisible to him before. She chews him out for being an asshole - "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my name." - and turns him down for Ed.

Gratuitous Spanish: In addition to the odd choice of making Rosie's homeland Spanish-speaking, she reverts to Spanish at times when it makes absolutely no sense to do so (e.g., asking Carter where the bathroom is).

Harmless Villain: He probably wasn't supposed to be this, but can anyone really take General Kane seriously? Sure, he shows that he's a cunning villain, but he doesn't really seem to do anything threatening!

Hidden in Plain Sight: Louisiana seems like a pretty obvious place to hide a princess, but that's the whole point!

The Mountains of Louisiana: The movie was filmed on the mountainous island of Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, it takes place in Louisiana, where any hills in proximity to a bayou rise no higher than about 10 feet (3 meters).

No Social Skills: Rosalinda was raised by royalty and doesn't know anything about how American teens act.

Trailers Always Spoil: Scenes of Rosie's coronation at the end were featured in the main trailer as well as certain promos.

Turn the Other Cheek: According to Rosie, this is one of the principles a princess is supposed to live by, which she demonstrates when she doesn't lash out against Chelsea for humiliating her. Carter, on the other hand, isn't having any of that, aptly pointing out that she isn't a princess.

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